Las Rosas at Mercury Lounge
Las Rosas are probably my favorite local band right now. Their combination of rock-n-roll energy and old-school pop catchiness is awesome enough, and their sense of humor makes them even better. Gotta love a song about panicking after you lose the cat you were supposed to be watching. Give them a listen on BandCamp and then go like them on Facebook, 'cause they're seriously under-appreciated.
Posted: 12/3/2013 at 9:14am Tags: Las Rosas Mercury Lounge
The Business at Mercury Lounge
Standing in front during these Oi shows continues to be a terrible idea. My knees and back recovered from the pumelling they received... eventually.
Posted: 11/9/2013 at 3:19pm Tags: Mercury Lounge The Business
Golden Animals at Mercury Lounge
Could've sworn these two sounded more hippie-ish once upon a time. Now they're dark and ominous, though still in a psychedelic way. Take a listen on SoundCloud or YouTube.
Posted: 10/15/2013 at 7:21pm Tags: Golden Animals Mercury Lounge
The Golden Grass at Mercury Lounge
The Golden Grass (the band) can be found on Facebook. I'm not telling you where to find the other kind.
Posted: 10/14/2013 at 11:08pm Tags: Mercury Lounge The Golden Grass
Chrome Cranks at Mercury Lounge
The Chrome Cranks sound like the meanest, hardest blues group ever. Their intensity level varies from menacing ramble (on the mellow end!) to audience-crushing aggression. These particular photos may give you the impression that lead singer Peter Aaron is demonically possessed. I'm not gonna argue with that. It would explain a lot.
Posted: 8/17/2013 at 4:19pm Tags: Chrome Cranks Mercury Lounge
Hector's Pets at Mercury Lounge
Hector's Pets have been around for a year or two but I never managed to catch 'em. My first impressions was that these guys are so casual, it's like they just walked in off the street. Is that a pack of cigarettes on that hat? Their music reminds me of 70s hard rock (which I'm sure you never would have guessed by looking at them) though they did do one song towards the end which was milder and more catchy, a bit closer to a pop song. So they have a little bit of variety, but they're mostly about the nice loud rawk music.
Posted: 7/27/2013 at 1:41pm Tags: Hector's Pets Mercury Lounge
